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Hawaii Five-O Season 7 Episode 8

The Two-Faced Corpse

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AIRED: 10/29/74

A gangland execution investigation takes a turn for the peculiar when it is found that the victim had two identities.

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Some strong elements, definitely needs the viewer's attention to follow the plot, a little too unlikely a conclusion.

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By Mac-Ale, Feb 09, 2011

Five-O moves in to discover the killer of an informant. An interesting episode that starts strong but finishes much weaker.

The set-up is good, its always good to see McGarrett square off against the feds moving in on "his turf" and there's nice banter about it, with the Governor even having to run interference with the US Attorney General to keep the F.B.I. from completely taking over the case.

And the main plot, concerning a murdered federally-protected informant who was surgically altered to protect his identity, is fun. Che Fong and Doc Bergman are definitely needed to add their expertise and there's nothing really wrong with the killer and the deceased's wife being in cahoots.

The weak elements include a rather confusing and almost un-needed role for Abe Vigoda as a retired "syndicate" boss, and another possible switch in identity that is only really a ruse for McGarrett to trap the murderer. The climax is too much, and even McGarrett admits that it might be seen as entrapment, and by every measure it is, with HPD officers posing as hired hitmen that threaten to kill the suspect in his own home.

Not a bad idea, a little off in the execution.moreless
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Al Harrington	Ben Kokua
Jack Lord	Steve McGarrett
James MacArthur	Danny "Danno" Williams
Kam Fong	Chin Ho Kelly

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Jessica Walter	Carla Crystal	Guest Star
Alan Fudge	Hamilton	Guest Star
Abe Vigoda	Abe Kemper	Guest Star
Richard Denning	Governor Paul Jameson	Recurring Role
Danny Kamekona	Nick	Recurring Role
Harry Endo	Che Fong	Recurring Role

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- When the boy who discovered the body is pointed out to Danny, a girl, probably his sister, has her arms wrapped around his chest. In the close-up that immediately follows, her hands are on his shoulders.
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- At the end of the episode, McGarrett is grazed in the left shoulder by a bullet. Inexplicably, the medic winds a bandage around the wound on top of McGarrett's shirt.
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- Agent Paul Hamilton: (referring to "Five-O") Steve, I have great respect for the locals.
  McGarrett: (referring to the FBI) Good, because I have great respect for the Bureau. What we need to do, every so often...is have lunch.
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- The official syndication number for this episode is 7408.
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- Guest star John Boley Nordlum was also Jack Lord's stunt double.
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